Interview

Durring my interview with Dean Miller from Precision Contracting Services I learned many new things about the business subculture. For instance I learned that as a contractor-Dean's position, it was his duty to draw out the entire city (in this case Boca Raton) and be able to now the coordinates of the fiber optic cables they put along the road. Also I learned that eventhough workers for PCS have to work from 6-3, most of them stay to work after without being asked just so that the job will be done faster. Everyone at PCS seemed to be on the same page with the workload and were dedicated enough to take so e extra time out of ther personal lives to help the company get the job done faster.

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Third Observation

For my third observation I went back the PCS main building located in Jupiter, Florida. Upon arriving to the offices I was asked if I would like to accompany a few of the workers to their job site just to the west of Boca Raton. I figured it would be a great idea to get a different perspective on the business and see it from the eyes of the hard working laborers so I greatfully aggreed to arttend. I was accompanied by workers name Ralph, Mike, Steven, and Luke and their job for the day was to map out all the previous new cables that were recently placed all over Boca. When we got to the place where we were to start maping out the cable they showed me an instrument that looked a little like a medal detector. the only difference is, is that instead of picking up a signal given off from the metal, it pick up the signal given off from the fiber optic cables. They do this maping as they call it to make sure that the cable is working correctly and there is no damaged or unworking cables. The workers and I wore reflector vests and had to set out safety cones as part of the safety precautions the city of Boca Raton requires. Although it was not an ardious task it was kind of like going on a mineature treasure hunt, just not for gold. The hour and a half I halped them work went without a hitch and we had no problems locationg all the cables we needed to find. This was a good experience for me to be able to see and understand what all the laborers do durring the day instead of just sitting in the nice cool offices all day, eventhough they all laughed and joked with me saying that today was the easiest day they have ever had.